Gelasio Arriola

Gelasio Arriola (12 June 1811-20 August 1847) was a colonel of the Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War. Arriola commanded a regiment of Mexican troops at the Battle of Churubusco in 1847, during which he was killed.

Biography
Gelasio Arriola was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1811, and he enlisted in the Mexican Army in 1829. Arriola served in the Texas Revolution and in wars with the Apache, Native Americans, and Texian Army during the late 1830s and early 1840s, rising to become the colonel of a regiment of regular infantry. In 1847, he commanded his regiment at the Battle of Churubusco, during which it was fired upon from two sides. Arriola's regiment suffered heavy losses, and Arriola was shot in the back by an American bullet while leading his men in a withdrawal, dying on the battlefield.